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Nonetheless, the disappointment over Galilee won't prevent me from looking forward to the next book by Barker. And there's sure to be a next one. Finally, someday, he's going to get it right.
Fly fishing as a frequent theme in American literature? Don't chuckle about the notion. That's the conclusion made by Mark Browning's new book, Haunted by Waters, (Ohio University Press, $34.95 hardcover, $16.95 paperback). This book pays particular attention to Ernest Hemingway, whose classic tales, "Big Two-Hearted River" and "The Old Man and the Sea" appeared at opposite ends of Hemingway's distinguished career. Browning points out that outdoor sports have been written about extensively, and of that writing, more than half has been centered not on the land, but on the "aquatic hunt" of fishing. As Browning observes, "The literature of the hunt can be viewed as the modern equivalent of a creation myth, meditating on the hazy area between being and nonbeing." This intriguing book includes the author's musings of his own fishing evolution. One tale describes one of his father's bass lures, while another focuses on Browning's first catch of a rainbow trout.
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